Vehicle-pole.



C. B. SGHLBICHER. VEHICLE POLE.

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941 ,386. Patented Nov. 30, 1909.

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VEHICLE-POLE.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

APatented Nov. 30, 1909.

Application filed February 20, 1909. Serial No. 479,278.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES B. SGHLEIGHER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Brady, in the county of Lincoln and State ofNebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVehide-Poles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the construction of tongues or poles ofvehicles, especially for light horse-drawn vehicles such as carriagesand buggies, in which it is desirable that the pole be strong, light andneat in appearance.

My invention has for its object the provision of means for strengtheningor reinforcing a vehicle-pole without altering the size or materiallychanging the weight or appearance thereof.

Constructions embodying my invention are illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure l is a side elevation of the pole, the middleportion thereof being broken away, Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same,Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the end of the pole with the ferruleremoved therefrom, and Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the pole.

The Inain body of the pole is a tongue 1 made of wood and of the usualsize and shape. In the sides, top and bottom of the tongue are madelongitudinally-extending round-bottomed grooves which are carried 5around the end of the tongue radially thereof, and connecting with eachother as shown in Fig. 3. In said grooves are laid metal rods 2,preferably of mild steel, which are of such a form as to completely fillthe grooves and lie flush with the outer surface of the tongue, as shownin Fig. 4. The rods lying at opposite sides of the tongue are connectedwith each other by U-shaped portions 3 extending across the end of thetongue within the radial grooves therein. The rearward ends of the topand bottom rods are turned inwardly, as indicated by the dotted lines 4in Fig. 1, extending into the body of the tongue so as to be securedthereto. The rearward ends of the side rods are formed into eyes whichare sunk into recesses formed in the sides of the tongue under thebrace-rods 5, and through said eyes 'is passed one of the bolts '6 usedfor connecting the brace-rods 5 with the tongue.

The end of the tongue is provided with a ferrule 8 which, in addition toits usual purposesserves to hold the rods 2 in the grooves in the tongueand to conceal the connecting end-portions thereof. At suitableintervals lalong the tongue, metal bands or rings 7 are placed aroundthe tongue over the rods to hold the same in position within thegrooves.

It will be seen that by the use of the reinforoingrods, arranged asdescribed, the pole will be greatly strengthened, especially as to itsresistance to bending stresses, without materially changing the weightor appearance of the ordinary wooden pole.

Now, having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

l. In a vehicle-pole, a tongue of wood, a plurality of metalreinforcing-rods bedded longitudinally in the sides thereof, the rods onopposite sides being connected with each other across the end of thetongue, and bands aranged at intervals around the tongue and ro s. v v

2. In a vehicle-pole, a tongue of wood having a plurality of groovesextending longitudinally in the sides thereof and extending radiallyacross the end thereof, metal rods laid in said grooves, the rods onopposite sides of the tongue being connected across the end thereof,means for securing the opposite ends of the rods to the body of thetongue, and bands disposed at intervalsl around the tongue and rods.

3. In a vehicle-pole, a tongue of wood having grooves extendinglongitudinally in the opposite sides thereof, metal rods laid in saidgrooves, the said rods being connected with each other at one end andwith the body of the tongue at the other end, and bands around thetongue arranged intermediate the ends of the rods for holding the samein the grooves.

4. In a vehicle-pole, a tongue having a plurality of grooves formedtherein and ex tending longitudinally thereof, Athe said grooves beingextended radially across the end of the tongue, metal rods arranged inrods to hold the rods Within the grooves in 10 said grooves, Jthe rodson opposite sides eX- i the tongue.

tending across the end of the tongue through i In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto the radial grooves therein, a errule disposed subscribedmy nume in the presence of two over said end of the tongue and the rods,Witnesses. means for securing the opposite ends of the CHARLES B.SCHLEICHER. rods to the tongue, and metal bands dis- Vitnesses:

posed around the tongue and rods at posi- 1 D. O. BARNELL, tions thereonintermediate the ends of the ROY Gr. KRATZ.

